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Title: Benedictine Sisters Convent
Date: 1966-04-19, 1966-04-23
Description: Nuns at adoration in chapel of new mother-house.

Title: Benedictine Sisters Convent's Consecration
Date: 1969-06-13, 1969-06-14
Description: Consecration of the divine heart sanctuary.

Title: Benedictine Sisters Convent-Architect and Benedictine Superiors
Date: 1966-04-19, 1966-04-23
Description: Architect, Raymond Ortiz, with Benedictine superiors, Sister Mary Incarnata, left, and Mother Mary Carmelita.

Title: Farmerettes in World War I
Date: 1967-03-16
Description: "Ladies Into Farmarettes/They were called ladies and wore long skirts or - for some activities - bloomers, but the female of the species kept the home fires burning in World War I. They marched in parades, boosted sales of Liberty Bonds, practiced Home Defense tactics, took up gardening in backyards and on golf courses. These farmerettes were students and faculty members of Western College at Oxford, Ohio."

Title: Painting of the First Thanksgiving
Date: 1962-11-21
Description: "Painting of the first Thanksgiving by Sydney E. King, Virginia artist, depicts the scene in December of 1619, when a group of 39 colonists observed a day of Thanksgiving on the banks of the James River at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia."

Title: Assemblage of the Russian Army
Date: 1964-07-29
Description: "Road to Revolution/Russia entered World War I as it started 50 years ago with an army which was massive but badly armed. She suffered quick body blows from Germany and went on to one disaster after another. She lost 1.650,000 men killed, 3,850,000 wounded and 2,410,000 prisoners before the 1917 revolution which ousted the tsar and ended her part in the war. Here reservists, accompanied by relatives, are called up in St. Petersburg as the army was assembled. Date unknown."

Title: Horse-Drawn Carts Carrying Supplies
Date: 1964-07-16
Description: "Slow Road to Victory/With the slow motion of World War I, a convoy of horse-drawn carts carries French artillery over a road near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, in August, 1917. The war had started three years earlier, with the German invasion of Belgium in violation of a treaty guaranteeing the country's neutrality. Britain, France and Russia came to their ally's support, and the four-year war was on."

Title: New Box Seats at Muny Opera
Date: 1960-05-29
Description: "New box seats at Muny opera get a coat of paint as members of the dancing chorus look on during a break in rehearsals for the first production, which opens June 9. The girls are (left to right) Sandra Simpson, Kathleen Shipp, Charlene Mehl and Renita Cozean. The painters are members of Local 46 of the Painters Union. There are 914 new stadium type box seats, which replace the old temporary seats. larger and more comfortable, they are being painted light green to match a new coat of paint on the floor of the section."

Title: Muny Stage Full View
Date: 1968-05-02
Description: Full view of the Municipal Opera's stage. Renovations are taking place during the time of photography.

Title: New Seats to be Installed
Date: 1968-02-26
Description: Old seats from the Municipal Opera are in the isles. New seats are to be put on the steel frames.

Title: Old Seats Removed from Muny
Date: 1968-06-02
Description: "Old seats piled up. New ones to be installed."

Title: Muny's Empty Section
Date: 1968-06-02
Description: Empty seats pictured in the Municipal Opera.

Title: Old Seating Removed from Muny
Date: 1968-02-26
Description: Old seats piled up in the aisles. Concrete is seen in the background where new greenery will take its place.

Title: Backstage Opera Construction
Date: 1968-05-02
Description: Backstage construction on the Municipal Opera. Two men are seen walking across the stage.

Title: Big Talks for Muny Opera
Date: 1968-05-02
Description: Architects discussing plans for Muny Opera.

Title: New Seating Installed at Muny Opera
Date: 1968-06-02
Description: Benches being moved and replaced during remodeling of the Municipal Opera.

Title: Muny Stage Left
Date: 1960-06-02
Description: Photograph showing stage left and partial view of the Municipal Opera during the day.

Title: New Speakers for the Opera
Date: 1963-07-10
Description: "James Reilly, Municipal Opera sound technician, operates console that controls a newly installed system from a position three-quarters of the way back from the stage. At right, workmen are shown as they installed the new speakers. There are a total of eight new sets of speakers, 35 feet above the stage."

Title: "Examining Diseased Elm Tree"
Date: 1968-08-17
Description: "Examining diseased elm tree west on Muny Opera stage are, left, William Zalken, Muny Opera manager, Louis W. Buckowitz, director of parks, recreation and forestry, and G.F. Griesenauer, city landscape architect."

Title: 60's Renovations of Muny Opera
Date: 1968-06-02
Description: Old seats being removed and prepared for new ones.

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